Nicolas Lepine
Reintroducing Black Holes: A Montessori PE ...

Today, I’m reintroducing the Montessori PE Black Holes lesson plan—not because the original didn’t work, but because this new version is so different, so much more engaging, and so much more fun that it has essentially become a brand-new game.

Reintroducing Black Holes: A Montessori PE Lesson (That Pulls Students In)
Nicolas Lepine
New MPE Lessons That Bring the Messiness of ...

These three new lessons are part of an ongoing commitment to giving you fresh, integrated resources that bring movement and deep learning to your students.

New MPE Lessons That Bring the Messiness of American History to Life
Nicolas Lepine
Invent a Sport

At my school, we’ve also embraced something I wish more schools would adopt: an Inventors Fair we call Design for Good. Like the Science Fair, it is built on a process—this time, the Engineering Design Process.

Invent a Sport
Nicolas Lepine
"Does More Skill Equal Less Fun?" Revisited Six ...

It hit me like when my child’s teacher sees him after three months from summer break and says, “Wow, they’ve grown!” You knew they were growing, but you didn’t realize how much until someone else pointed it out. Those small incremental growth spurts go under the radar, just as the change in play occurred over the years.

"Does More Skill Equal Less Fun?" Revisited Six Years Later
Nicolas Lepine
Volley Dodgeball - The Perfect Game for Big ...

“we also needed a large-group game that kept every player involved, excited, and learning. That’s when VolleyDodge Ball was born”

Volley Dodgeball - The Perfect Game for Big Volleyball Teams

Self Care Needs to Include Care For Others

Self Care Needs to Include Care For Others

Maria Montessori had a beautiful expression for this idea. She used the term Grace and Courtesy. Grace is the individual being in harmony with oneself, which sounds a whole lot like the goal of self-care. Courtesy is being in harmony everyone else. Courtesy is what we need to extend to everyone else so that they may find their grace, because it’s hard to be in harmony when the environment is not.